Memoirs of and interviews with tea industry staff; material on the early days of tea growing in Kenya, labour and the International Tea Agreement, c.1948-2014, n.d.
File
MS. 20574/1
Held in our offsite storage facility
File 1: A collection of memoirs (some transcribed from recordings) with Brooke Bond staff, comprising:
- Oliver Brooke, 4 Feb 1999
- Oliver Brooke, 27 Jan 1999
- Tom Grumbley, 20 Feb 1998
- Michael Gerken, 22 Jun 1999
- Peter Kennedy, 8 Jan 1998
- Peter Knight, 16 Feb 1999
- Peter Knight, 17 Feb 1999
- Tony Monkhouse, n.d.
- Musa Sang, 26 Nov 1998
- Hugh Morton, 11 Dec 1997
- Bridgette Ball, 24 Jan 1998
- Joyce Pickford, 1971 and 21 Jan 1998
File 2: Notes on interviews by McWilliam with industry executives, comprising:
- Robert Harrison, Thompson Lloyd Ewart, 22 May 2014
- Norman Wilson, African Tea Brokers, 21 Aug 2003
- David Venters, Combrok, 21 Aug 2003
- Richard Kimoli, Commonwealth Development Corporation, 17 Feb 2004
- Francis Wacima and Jean Cliffe, 28 Aug 2003
- Stephen Nkanata, Tea-Board, 1 Sep 2003
- Tiampati, Katepa, 5 Sep 2003
- George Kimani, 8 Sep 2003
- Nick Kirui, Kenya Tea Growers Association, 17 Feb 2004
- Denton Vorster, Eastern Produce, 10 Feb [2004]
- Malcolm Perkins, Linton Park, 27 Apr 2004
Notes on interviews by McWilliam with James Finlay managers, comprising:
- Nev Davis, Aug 2003 and Feb 2004
- Lindsay Stone-Wigg, 17-19 May 2003
- Rupert Hogg, Jul 2003
- Bill Eyton, Jul 2003
- Richard Darlington, James Finlay Overseas, Jul 2003
- Peter Robertson, 14 Feb 2004
Notes on interviews by McWilliam with Brooke Bond (acquired by Unilever in 1984) managers and staff, comprising:
- Kericho interviews with Richard Fairburn, Francis Kiragu, Gabriel Tuwei, T. Onsando, J. Rono, John C. and Tony Laurent, 4 and 5 Sep 2003
- Chris Tyler, 6 May 2003
- Oliver Brooke, 9 Oct 2004
- Joyce Pickford, 8 and 18 Feb 2004
- John Popham, Jun 2003
- Tom Brazier and Clive Haines Jun 2003
McWilliam's diary of his research trips to Kenya in 2003 and 2004 with lists of people interviewed.
File 3: Material relating to the early days of settlers and tea growing in Kenya, comprising:
- John Wilson's recollections of settler life in Kericho/Sotik from 1907 to 1938, n.d.
- 'Notes on the history of tea growing in Kenya' by Hugh O. Thomas. Includes transcripts of letters to Thomas from Orchardson, Caine and Matthews, 1935, and notes on tea industry matters from the East Africa Standard 1929, the Imperial Institute report of 26 Mar 1909, a Limuru farmers pamphlet 1916 and an English Scottish Trust report of 1948.
- Buret tea company statistics, 1927-1943
- Notes on Kenya Agriculture Department reports, 1924-1955
- Notes on the British East Africa Disabled Officers Cooperative established in 1919 to grow flax, n.d.
- Report, 2003, on the Williamson Tea Ltd estates (Changoi and Lelsa tea estates in the Bureti division of the Rift Valley)
File 4: Material relating to labour:
- Manuscript notes on the Kenya Tea Growers Association minutes and official reports of the Labour Department from 1921 to 1955. With typescript report on recruiting, c. 1948, record of discussion at Kericho on juvenile recruitment, 1950, and questions for the Government Wages Committee and Social Security Committee with replies, n.d.
- Manuscript notes on labour in Uganda from 1922 to 1951.
- McWilliam's reflections on labour for the tea companies, 1958.
- Wage rates, 1976-2003
- 'Consultation and Industrial Relations' by Brian Cranwell, c. 1980s, with Cranwell's memoir of his time in the Kenya Police from 1953 to 1957.
File 5: Papers relating to the International Tea Agreement comprising:
- Notes on Department of Agriculture files in Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Feb 1933-Aug 1939 and Jan 1937-May 1948.
- Notes on tea growing in Uganda, Belgian Congo and Mozambique, 1939-1950.
- International Tea Agreement chronology and McWilliam's commentary on it, 1958.
- Notes on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Commodity Review, 1961-1970.
- Notes on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Intergovernmental Group on Tea, 1973-1999.
Dates
- Creation: c.1948-2014, n.d.
Extent
5 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 20574/1
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk